There are calls for a review of how £100,000 of public money was given to support the launch of a Welsh language news service that is to close five months later.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on the Welsh Government to look at how money granted to Newsquest for the Welsh-language news service Corgi Cymru was spent and if it will ever be repaid. Newsquest was awarded a £100,000 annual grant, which was intended to continue for four years, by the Aberystwyth-based Welsh Books Council which in turn received the funds from the Welsh Government.
The NUJ's Welsh Executive Council wants to see an urgent review as the Welsh language current affairs magazine Golwg360 had had its annual grant of £200,000 halved to provide Corgi with the £100,000 a year. Corgi Cymru, the brainchild of former S4C digital executive Huw Marshall, will be terminated at the end of October having only begun in April. It follows the closure of the English-language The National website earlier this year.
